Auditions
Auditions are next expected to be held in Summer 2023. Full information will be announced here as soon as it is available.
To be informed of the next round of auditions, please email: admin@orpheusfoundation.com.
Previous audition requirements are listed below to illustrate the likely material for future auditions.
Strings
The audition will require you to perform the exposition of a well-known concerto of your choice and the orchestral excerpts as listed below.
Violin
- Strauss Don Juan, Op. 201, page 1
- Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, beginning to the 7th bar after D
- Mozart, Symphony No. 39, movement 2, beginning – bar 27
Viola
- Strauss, Don Juan, Op. 201, page 1
- Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mendelssohn: from figure E to figure H
- Beethoven Symphony No. 5, movement 2: start to bar 59
Cello
- Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, from the beginning to 5 bars after figure 2 (bar 25)
- Brahms Symphony No. 2, movement 2, beginning to bar 15
- Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, N to O
Double Bass
- Beethoven Symphony No. 9, movement 4, bar 8-29 and bar 92-107
- Mozart, Marriage of Figaro Overture, beginning – bar 24
- Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, lebhaft bewegt, figure 1 – 5 bars after figure 3
Woodwind
The audition will require you to perform the exposition of a well-known concerto of your choice and the orchestral excerpts as listed below.
You are warmly invited to also play an excerpt of your choice on auxiliary instrument (piccolo, cor anglais, e-flat/bass clarinet and contra-bassoon), should you wish to – and we would recommend that you do, as we are looking for extra players with these doublings.
Flute
- Brahms Symphony No. 4, movement 4, bar 89 – 105
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 4, movement 2, upbeat to bar 65 – bar 72
- Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, 2 bars before letter P to the end
- Ravel, Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2 figure 155-156
Oboe
- Brahms Violin Concerto, movement 2: Bar 3 – 22
- Rossini, la scala di seta, overture, beginning – figure 3
- Tchaikovsky, symphony no. 4, movement 2, beginning – bar 21
- Ravel, Tombeau de Couperin, beginning – figure 2
Clarinet
- Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, beginning to bar 48 (letter B)
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, Movement 2, bar 68 – 77
- Shostakovitch, Symphony No. 9, Movement 3, beginning to bar 17
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6, bar 325-335
Bassoon
- Stravinsky – Rite of Spring, beginning to bar 15
- Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5, movement 3, bar 178 – 213
- Mozart, Marriage of Figaro Overture, beginning to bar 24
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 4, movement 4, bar 184 – 190
Brass
The audition will require you to perform the exposition of a well-known concerto of your choice and the orchestral excerpts as listed below.
Trumpet
-
Bizet – Carmen, Prelude to Act I
-
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5, movement I, Fig. 27 – 2 bars after Fig. 29
-
Strauss – Don Juan, solo Fig. F – G
-
Ravel – Bolero, solo
Horn
-
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3, Movement 3, Trio, bar 171-205, Horn I OR Horn II
-
Strauss – Don Juan, Tranquillo, Horn I, 20bars after Fig. D – 1bar after Fig. F
-
Strauss – Ein Heldenleben, Horn I, Beginning – Fig. 2
-
Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel, Horn I, Beginning – Fig. 1
-
Humperdinck – Hansel & Gretel Overture, Horn III Fig. F – J OR Beethoven – Symphony No.9, Movement III, Adagio, Horn IV bar 83 – 121
Trombone
-
Mozart – Requiem, Tuba Mirum, solo
-
Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel, Figure 3-4, 18-20, 30-38
-
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite, No. 7 Duetto, (complete)
-
Ravel – Bolero, solo
We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are particularly interested in hearing from performers that are of ethnically diverse, gender and sexual orientations, and socioeconomic backgrounds which are currently under-represented in our sector.
Subscribe to Our Newsletter
Copyright © Orpheus Sinfonia 2023